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Paul Chambers

@antonioserrata @david @HistoPol

This reminds me of the murder of Usenet and the recurring attempted murder of RSS.

12 Mar 2023 at 21:01 | Wall-to-wall | Open on oldfriends.live
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David Boles replied to Paul

@paul @antonioserrata @HistoPol

I still mourn the loss of Google Reader.

Feedly is a good replacement, though.

12 Mar 2023 at 21:04 | Open on boles.xyz
Paul Chambers replied to David

@david @antonioserrata @HistoPol

I use TheOldReader.com and have the app installed on my Android and even can post directly to Mastodon from within it.

It is my godsend.

12 Mar 2023 at 21:06 | Open on oldfriends.live
DELETED replied to Paul

@paul @david @HistoPol Commercial entities are incentivized to kill off anything that's competition at all costs. So yea they're gonna do that to the fediverse if allowed to encroach without any guard rails (if allowed at all to engage with it).

12 Mar 2023 at 21:05 | Open on masto.ai
David Boles replied to DELETED

@antonioserrata @paul @HistoPol

There must be some idea of defense at play. There are smarter people than us in the Fediverse who must have anticipated this Big Money drop, right?

12 Mar 2023 at 21:06 | Open on boles.xyz
HistoPol (#HP) replied to David

@david @antonioserrata @paul

(1/2)

Most certainly.

But, as in most cases, maybe except for some smaller instances, did they really do anything about it.

I think this issue of #BarbarianInvasions of commercial proprietary social-media sites through #ActivityPub is important enough to involve @Gargron.

To repeat my stance, as I do not see a feasible solution for limiting the influx of #Metas #DefederateMeta
Offer them some "easy sign-on", limited in daily number, so the #Fediverse is not...

@david @antonioserrata @paul

(1/2)

Most certainly.

But, as in most cases, maybe except for some smaller instances, did they really do anything about it.

I think this issue of #BarbarianInvasions of commercial proprietary social-media sites through #ActivityPub is important enough to involve @Gargron.

12 Mar 2023 at 21:19 | Open on mastodon.social
HistoPol (#HP) replied to HistoPol

@david @antonioserrata @paul @Gargron

(2/2)

...technically and culturally annihilated, or rather, assimiliated by the #BorgSites.

#DefederateMeta

12 Mar 2023 at 21:21 | Open on mastodon.social
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